GOP Senators Press IRS on Electric Vehicle Credit ‘Fraud’


GOP Senators Press IRS on Electric Vehicle Credit ‘Fraud’

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 22, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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Top Republican senators are demanding the IRS provides information on the enforcement of tax credits for purchases of new plug-in electric vehicles after a Treasury Department watchdog found that millions of dollars of credits were potentially paid out improperly.
A group of 15 GOP senators addressed a letter (pdf) to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig on Jan. 27, asking for information about “what appear to be systemic problems” within the electric vehicle (EV) credit program.
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